The 42nd US President - Bill Clinton Bill Clinton George W. Bush ï¿½ William Jefferson Clinton is the forty-second President of the United States 1993-2001. At 46 he was the second youngest person elected to that office. Bill Clinton was born on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, as William Jefferson Blythe III. His father died in an auto accident before he was born, and when his mother remarried, Bill took on the last name of his stepfather. After high school, Clinton studied at Georgetown University in Washington, DC (1964-68). Winning a Rhodes scholarship in his senior year, he went on to Oxford University in England for two years. In 1970, he returned to the United States and won a scholarship to Yale Law School, where he supported himself with odd jobs and met Hillary Rodham. In 1975, they married. Clinton served briefly as a law professor on the faculty of the University of Arkansas.

As a young man, Clinton had gained experience working on several political campaigns, including that of George McGovern, and in 1974, he made his first bid for office, running for a Congressional seat in the US House of Representatives. Clinton lost, but the race was so close that it helped him get the necessary acclaim to win the 1976 Attorney General's race. In this position he fought rate increases by public utilities, stood against the construction of a coal-burning power plant and, in general, promoted tougher laws to protect the environment and the rights of consumers. In 1978 he ran a successful bid for Governor of Arkansas, and at thirty-two, was the youngest Governor in Arkansas history. During this first term, Clinton alienated several important factions of Arkansas society. In attempt to upgrade Arkansas' roads, which ranked among the worst in the country, Clinton levied taxes on car owners. His opposition to the clear-cutting of trees lost him the support of the lumber and paper industries. He alienated the banking industry by penalizing those institutions that did not lend money to smaller businesses that would create jobs in their communities.

In 1980 he was defeated for Governor by a former Democrat who had switched parties just so he could run against Clinton. In the following election, Clinton ran again, and this time was victorious. He was elected three more times. During his tenure as Governor of Arkansas, one of Clinton's priorities was education. The dropout rate fell and the number of young people from Arkansas who entered college began to rise. In 1991, Clinton announced his candidacy for President. He campaigned for a national health care system, a tax cut for the middle class, a reduction of the deficit, and a new welfare system. Although during the campaign he was confronted by questions about his character, he proved adept at reconciling the conservative and liberal wings of the Democratic Party. He chose Al Gore of Tennessee as his running mate. Together they defeated incumbent George Bush and third party candidate, Ross Perot in the election of 1992. It is considered to be the presence of the third Party candidate, Perot that allowed Clinton to win with forty-six percent of the popular vote, the third smallest percentage that ever put a man in the White House.

In his first term, Clinton appointed more women and minorities to the cabinet and as heads of major governmental departments than had any previous President. One of Clinton's major campaign issues had been health care, and First Lady, Hillary Clinton, chaired the administration's task force that examined and proposed changes in the United States health care system. That effort was unsuccessful, but Clinton's first major piece of legislation, a family leave bill that forced companies with more than fifty workers to allow twelve weeks of unpaid leave a year to cope with family issues, such as childbirth and illness, scored a big hit with the public. During his campaign, Clinton had spoken of promoting equal rights for homosexuals. When the issue of gays in the military arose, Clinton was seen to waffle on this promise, compromising on a position that became known as the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Among Clinton's first term successes were major trade legislation; a national service program, which provided funds for education to students in exchange for community service; and the so-called Brady Bill, named after Ronald Reagan's press secretary who'd been disabled on an assassination attempt against Reagan, which made it more difficult to buy handguns.

His anti-crime law extended the use of the death penalty, banned the sale of assault weapons, and gave the states money to hire 100,000 more police officers and start community-based crime prevention programs. The 1994 Congress was predominantly Republican. The relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government was rocky, although Clinton did get bipartisan party support for the North American Free Trade Agreement. Clinton was the first President to use the Line Item Veto. He sent troops to Bosnia to enforce a truce; and sent troops to Somalia to distribute food to starving people. He also signed the General Agreement for Tariff and Trade to reduce tariffs and improve trade with European nations. He helped negotiate a peace plan between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel to allow Palestinian free government in the Gaza Strip. He was instrumental in returning a democratic government to Haiti. He was also instrumental in peace talks between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Front. Clinton was reelected in 1996, defeating Republican challenger Bob Dole and Reform party candidate Ross Perot. The strong economy and a weak effort by Bob Dole contributed to his victory. Much of Bill Clinton's effectiveness as President was, however, overshadowed by scandal.

His political opponents raised questions about a land deal he and his wife had been involved in some twenty years earlier, that involved the possibility of kickbacks and fraud. This became known as the Whitewater Affair. In addition, in 1994, a former employee, Paula Jones, accused him of sexual harassment. Personal friends of the Clintons have been convicted of fraud and involvement in Whitewater. Congress hired Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr to investigate President Clinton. The US House of Representatives brought two articles of impeachment against him over an sexual encounter with an intern named Monica Lewinsky and the question as to whether President Clinton perjured himself while answering questions about this affair. Clinton became the first President to be impeached since Andrew Johnson. Clinton was acquitted of the charges by the US Senate in 1999. 20 minutes with Bill Clinton - up against 'big poppa' - BBC News 20 minutes with Bill Clinton - up against 'big poppa' 12 August 2013 Close share panel Media captionBill Clinton on sustainable farming in Africa: 'we can change the world here' Former US President Bill Clinton has been travelling around Africa with his daughter, Chelsea, visiting Clinton Foundation projects.

He spoke to the BBC's Komla Dumor about Obama's legacy in Africa and the growing influence of China. I met Bill Clinton in Zanzibar. The interview took place in a small open park near the Indian ocean. As I waited, I recalled the comments of one of my former schoolmates, a big Texan who worked in the Clinton White House. When I told him I was going to interview his ex boss he exclaimed with: "Hoss! You're going up against big poppa." Find out more Watch Komla Dumor's interview with Bill Clinton on Newsnight on Monday 12 August at 22:35 on BBC Two Our World: Clinton in Africa will be broadcast on Friday 16 August at 23:30 GMT on BBC World News. Or catch up later on BBC iPlayer Mr Clinton's people had offered 20 minutes. Around 4pm without much fanfare the 42nd president of the United States walked across the street from a hotel where he had been having lunch. Under the watchful eye of his Secret Service detail he strolled up to me and shook my hand. Mr Clinton is a tall man, 6ft 2in (1.88m).

He has aged considerably, carries much less weight than during his presidency. He is now a vegetarian and has had some well publicised health issues. But his sharpness of mind was immediately evident. We stood there for a moment sizing each other up. He held me by the hand and started speaking. In 2010 Ghana beat the USA in a football match at the World Cup in South Africa. Bill Clinton was there, he remembered the game. He talked about players and moments that I had long forgotten. He was not happy with the outcome but conceded: "You guys deserved to win." Bill Clinton Profile: Bill Clinton So, what about President Obama's record in Africa? The president has been criticised for what some call an incoherent Africa policy. Would Obama leave a lasting legacy for the continent like George Bush's President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) or Bill Clinton's African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)? "I think he does have a good legacy," says Mr Clinton, "but I do think when he took office our economy, the wheels were coming off. He had to wind down a war in Iraq. Then he had to deal with how to bring down the conflict in Afghanistan.

"He's had one or two other things to do, but I do think that he cares about Africa and I'll be surprised if he doesn't spend quite a bit of time on it in his last three years." So is America playing catch up - with China usurping America as the preeminent power in Africa? According to research by the Financial Times, the Chinese banks offered loans of at least $110bn (£69.2bn) to governments and firms in developing countries in 2009 and 2010, more than the World Bank. Image caption Mr Clinton spoke of his support for President Paul Kagame of Rwanda "On everything but healthcare," says Mr Clinton. "If you look at it, what America invests, both in the public funds like PEPFAR and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and in the investments made by the Gates Foundation, and the work that we do here. What the United States does in trying to build infrastructure for healthcare dwarfs what everybody else does. "I don't believe we spend enough money on basic economic growth initiatives. So I won't argue that the Chinese are going to get a lot of good will.

"I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing for America if African countries appreciate both what we try to do to help their kids stay alive and what the Chinese do to give them better infrastructures and I think that we've got to try to create a future that we can share with the Chinese, not one where everything is a zero sum game." The clock was ticking and I could see Mr Clinton's handlers out of the corner of my eye - 20 minutes goes quickly. Image caption Clinton says he does not know if his wife will run for president in 2016 I moved on to human rights and his bold support for Rwanda and its President Paul Kagame. The Kagame government has been accused by the UN of backing some rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The government has denied these claims. Among Rwanda's strongest defenders, Bill Clinton: "Well first of all... the matter has not been fully litigated," says Mr Clinton.

I didn't know if I had one more race left in me the last time but I thought the president was getting a raw deal and I was glad to try to help him Bill Clinton "Secondly it's complicated by the fact that the section of Congo near Rwanda is full of people who perpetrated the genocide, who spurned the president's offer to come home and not go to prison and you can't get around the fact that the economic and social gains in Rwanda have been nothing short of astonishing under Kagame, and he says he's going to leave when his time's up. "So I understand that there's some people in the human rights community who believe that every good thing that has happened in Rwanda should be negated by what they allege that they have done in the eastern Congo." It was over. At least officially. We got up and we started to stroll along the promenade. "What if," I demanded, "there was another race for the White House in 2016, with Hillary?" Media captionWatch the Newsnight film in full He laughed. "If I knew the answer I wouldn't tell you. Happily I can be honest, I don't know... I'm for whatever my wife wants to do.

"I didn't know if I had one more race left in me the last time but I thought the president was getting a raw deal and I was glad to try to help him, but whatever happens there I'm going to keep doing this. This is what my job is. I love this job, I love doing this foundation work." It was time to say goodbye. I thanked him and he walked on to the crowd of people who gathered to watch us. We had been talking for close to an hour. Watch Komla Dumor's interview with Bill Clinton on Newsnight on Monday 12 August at 22:35 on BBC Two Our World: Clinton in Africa will be broadcast on Friday 16 August at 23:30 GMT on BBC World News. Republicans for Bill Clinton Republicans for Bill Clinton President Bill Clinton is more Republican than Republicans Being a Republican isn't just joining a party, it's a point of view. And when you look at the issues Republicans stand for and then compare our elected officials to our beliefs, President Clinton is the one who is delivering what traditional Republicans are looking for. To me it's more important what a candidate does and what he stands for than what party label he runs under.

Gore 2000 - The Web's First Gore 2000 Site Republicans for Gore - Why Republicans should support Al Gore What is a Republican? What is a Republican and what do we believe in? A Republican is supposed to be for fiscal responsibility, small government, keeping the government out of people's private business, traditional family values, and a sense of basic morality. The government and the Republican Party are here to serve the people, not the other way around. The Republican Party is here to serve us, not for us to serve them. We are not here to be loyal to the party, but for the party to be loyal to us. It's not just about talking the talk, but you have to walk the walk. And when you look at President Clinton's Record , you'll see a record that would make any Republican proud. If President Clinton is doing a good job and passing bills that Republicans support, then why shouldn't Republicans vote for him? What's wrong with voting for someone who's doing a good job? I, Marc Perkel am a member of both political parties. I am A Republican and a Democrat . I'm non partisan and refuse to limit myself to one party.

And I refuse to describe my views in terms of party membership. I'm a local anti-tax activist who was successful at defeating two local sales tax issues. I have actively supported and confronted all candidates regardless of part affiliation. I am tired of the right wing extremists and the Moonies trying to redefine what a Republican is. Republicans are not moving away from the party. The party is moving away from Republicans. My Republican views haven't changed. I still support traditional Republican Values. But the Republican party is turning into a bunch of self serving slobs who only care about being elected and the power it brings. I'm creating this page to put the Republican Party on notice that America comes first. We will no longer tolerate our party putting it's self interest ahead of the citizens of our country. We will no longer tolerate petty partisan political bickering. We are not stupid and we deeply resent what our party is doing and the direction the party is heading. Standing here with my Mouth Open I stand in utter amazement at the antics of the Republican Party. I can't believe it when I hear that Republicans are angry because Clinton fixed the economy. How can Republicans be angry at a good economy regardless of who did it?

How can Republicans be angry because Clinton balanced the federal budget for the first time in 30 years and cut the deficit to zero? How can Republicans be angry because Clinton has cut the size of government? These are things that Republicans are for, and if a Democrat did it, then in my view that Democrat is a good Republican! It really pisses me off when Bob Dole sits on a health care bill that both parties want to pass and he won't let come to the floor because Bob Dole doesn't want to do anything that Clinton might get credit for. Now Bob Dole wants to poison the bill that passed unanamously in the Senate so that Clinton won't sign it and Dole can blame Clinton. Who the hell is Bob Dole to screw over America because of who looks good? This pisses me off! Then there's the budget crisis. This budget should have been done by October 1st of 1995 and here it is 1996 and for the first time in history, the is no federal budget until April.

The 1997 budget is supposed to be done by October 1st of this year and how are we going to get it done when we're 7 months late on this year's budget? And somehow we're suppose to convince the country it's Clinton fault - how the hell are we going to do that? It's insulting that the Republican Party thinks we're that stupid. The Party of Hate and Bigotry I'm tired of the right wing extremists defining the Republican Party as a bigoted hateful intolerant party. That is not what the Republican Party stands for. Rush Limbaugh, Pat Buchannan, Ralph Reed, Jerry Falwell, Sun Myung Moon, and Olie North do not represent the soul of the Republican Party. These are the people who have stolen the party from us. I want to make it clear to our party leaders that it is you who have left us Republican voters, and not us voters leaving you. We Republicans will not be defined by these extremists. The Republican party is about limited government. That is, heeping the government out of things they shouldn't be in. Clearly any conservative can see that freedom of religion is central to our beliefs. And freedom of religion includes freedom from religion.

To not have the religous beliefs of others thrust upon us. I do not want to live under the moral thumb of right wing Bible Thumpers, the Moonies, nor left wing New Age freaks. You can believe what you want, but get it out of my face and my government. I am tired of seeing the Republican Party dividing Americans against ourselves. We are one people, one country, and we have to learn to live together as one nation. We are the party of Abraham Lincoln who freed the slaves and brought new meaning to the phrase that "All Men are Created Equal." We are the party that defends opportunity for all. We are supposed to be the ones who stands up for the rights of individuals, not the ones who divide the country into groups that hate other groups. I deeply resent being the party of the white supremacists. Selling out to the Tobacco Lobby As a non-smoker who realizes that nicotine is an addictive drug that kills 400,000 people a year, I resent that our party leaders have chosen to take up the cause to defend the interests of the Tobacco Industry to market their poison to turn the children of America into drug addicts! In my view, there is no moral difference between R. J.

Reynolds and the cocaine cartels of Columbia. And if there is any substance at all to our claim that Republicans are the party of family values, certainly we should be on the opposite side of the Tobacco Industry and not it's friend. The Republican Party is the party of the people and not the party of big tobacco! Hailey Barbor, former chairman of the Republican party is a tobacco lawyer who soul is wholy owned by big tobacco. Hailey has been pressuring Republicans in state government to back down on legislation that would help protect Teenagers from smoking. Our Republican leadership is fighting the efforts of Republicans who are trying to do the right thing. Bob Dole is so sold out to the tobacco lobby that he questions if tobacco is addictive. Then he attacks C. Everret Koop, the finest Sergeon General America has ever had as being brainwashed but the liberal media. And Bob Dole lost his brother to lung cancer from smoking! There's family values for ya. The tobacco lobby wants to turn your children into nicotine addicts and will kill them to make money. We must fight big tobbaco in both parties and vote against the candidates they support.

When I see President Clinton take bold steps to oppose this powerful enemy, I see a true hero. I see a man who is willing to risk everything for the good of the public. Our Whitewater prosecutor, Kenneth Starr, is also the main legal representative for the Tobacco Lobby trying to defend a class action suit brought by smokers. We Republican are on the wrong side of this issue and I'm angry about it. The Republican Party may have sold out to the Tobacco Lobby, but you aren't selling my vote because I'm voting for President Clinton and against Tobacco! What happened to freedom of the press? What's going on with the Republicans wanting an FBI investigation into Salon Magazine breaking the Henry Hyde affair. I certianly think it's relevant that Mr. Morals who is investigating the President for having attempted sex with Monica Lewinsky, had a 5 year affair with a married woman and broke up he family. I suppose it takes one to know one? Someone might argue it makes Hyde more qualified. That someone wouldn't be me. Now the Republicans want to prosecute the press? What the hell is going on here? I'm beginning to feel like the only sane person left on the planet.

I wake up in the morning to a world that is stranger that what I was dreaming, and I've been having nightmares lately. It's like some alien culture came down to America and inserted a mind control device in everyone except me and I'm the last normal person left. I'm somehow supposed to accept that we are going to start an FBI investigation for running a news story about an affair that actually did occur? Surely I'm not the only one who is outraged by this? Who's worse? President gets a blow job or Homebreaker Hyde destroys a family? And this guy is going to judge Clinton? Give me a break! Republicans undermine our Constitutional Freedoms Monica Lewinsky, a private citizen, was forced to testify in front of the "secret" grand jury against her will. She was compelled to speak under threat of contempt of court and jail. Susan McDougal is an example of what happens if you don't comply. Kenneth Starr made it clear to Monica that if she didn't comply that he was going to go after her family, which he did when he dragged her mother in front of the grand jury.

She was forced to testify fully and truthfully under threat of prosecution for perjury about intimate sex act that she performed with her lover, President Clinton, who she probably still cares about. Her "secret" testimony was then delivered to Congress who then put it out unedited on the Internet so that the whole world can know how she gives head. I was so outraged by this that I filed a Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit against the United States House of Representatives to stop it. And because the government posted this X-rated material, hundreds of newspapers printed it and delivered it to the homes of Christian families where their Christian children can read it. All this in the context of "Whitewater" which was a land deal that occurred in Arkansas when Monica Lewinsky was 4 years old. And Judge Russel Clark ruled that this is legal . Am I the only one who has a problem with this? If they can do it to Monica Lewinsky and the President of the United States, they can do it to me or you! If Kenneth Starr can do this legally to Monica Lewinsky, then what's stopping Kenneth Starr from doing it to me or you?

Anyone, no matter how remotely connected with Clinton, such as being a citizen of the United States can be dragged in and interragated the same way Monica Lewinsky was. And if they can do it to the President of the United States, they can do it to anyone. Any illusion we live in a free society is now gone. This is a police state and we are under occupation by a legislature who cares nothing about the will of the people or the results of our elections. And we have a judiciary who doesn't have a clue about our fundamental rights or even has a basic understanding of the Constitution. Czech President Vaclav Havel, one of the moral beacons of Eastern Europe's liberation from Communism, expressed concern in his recent visit to America about American justice by agreeing with Czech commentators who compare Kenneth Starr's investigation to tactics used by the former Czechoslovak communist secret police. These secret police would dig deeply into political dissidents' private lives under the guise of national security and the public interest. Havel had been one of their main targets.

I contend that we have a moral imperative and a sacred duty to the Constitution to take whatever steps necessary to ensure that Vaclav Havel is wrong in his comparison of the Independent Counsel and the Communist secret police. Republican Porn So much for the party of "family values". So much for the moral high ground. The Republican party is so desparate to gain control that they are forcing porn into your homes. Public media should not contain explicit or implied descriptions of sex acts. Our society should be purged of the perverts who provide the media with pornographic material while pretending it has some redeeming social value under the public's right to know. Pornography is pornography, regardless of the source. The People to Congress - Take your porn off the government web site! We don't want porn delivered to our homes in the newspaper! When the Republican Congress releases X-rated material, the news media is virtually compelled to print it due to competitive forces. A paper who doesn't print it will lose market share to one who does.

Therefore, when Congress decided to print porn, then your newspapers, radio, and television station will print porn and you will be forced to have porn in your homes and in front of your children, and there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop the government from doing it to you. You are powerless to stop the Republican Congress from telling your kids that the President got his dick sucked by someone other than his wife. Your kids will be asking you what the cigar tasted like. How do you feel about the Congress forcing this into your home? Does it make you mad? Live with it because there's not a damn thing you can do about it. You are helpless to stop the Republican Congress from bringing porn into your home. Better start preparing your kids who are 5 year old for the Birds and the Bees! I'm not a Christian and I like porn, but this offends me. It really offends me. Does Congress no longer respect the will of the People? Are the People no longer in control? Is this the end of Democracy as we know it? It's Election Tampering Stupid! Elections are the core of a democratic society.

In fact the two elements that I consider the test of a true democratic society are free and honest elections, and a judicial system with high standards of integrity and the will to enforce its own rules. I contend that these releases of X-rated material have everything to do with influencing the elections and undoing the will of the voters in the 1996 presidential election, and nothing to do with an impeachment process. First of all the Independent Counsel is prohibited from representing the government and representing clients who have an interest in the outcome of the investigation at the same time. Mr. Starr and his firm represent tobacco interests that are fighting 500 billion dollars worth of taxes and contribute more money to the Republican Party than any other Republican donor. Richard Mellon Scaife, who is a very active political enemy of the President, has offered and funded for Mr. Starr a job at Pepperdine University paying one million dollars a year. Mr. Scaife has funded directly and/or indirectly the civil lawsuit by Paula Jones against the President. Mr. Starr assisted Ms. Jones in her civil case. And there is an investigation to determine if money was paid to David Hale to testify against Susan McDougal ultimately came from Mr. Scaife.

My point in this is that there is an appearance of a conflict of interest where a reasonable person might question the impartiality of the Independent Counsel. The Republican Party can't win an election on the issues. They can only win if they lie and cheat. The Republican Party has become a national embarrassment. With an apparent conflict of interest as background, Mr. Starr delivered his report to Congress containing secret grand jury testimony. A grand jury by nature is a tool of the prosecutor and is a one sided process. One has to assume that a one sided process produces a one sided result. This one sided document, with its X-rated content, was published by the Congress without even giving the President an advance copy so that he could formulate a response. I would assume that an impeachment process is required to be fair an impartial. Certainly the Congress is at least required to fake the appearance of fairness and impartiality in such an important process. For the Congress to publish a one sided report, with graphic sexual content, without giving the President any opportunity to review it and respond does not meet the test of even faking a fair process and therefore can not be characterized as being a part of an official impeachment process.

I contend that on the face of the record that it is not part of an impeachment process, and that it is in fact an attempt to undermine the 1996 presidential election as well as the 1998 congressional elections which includes my election. I would also point out that in releasing this report, and the video tape that is today being transmitted, that Congress has broken the pornography laws of all 50 sovereign states. When the Congress publishes a one sided pornographic document in violation of th e law, and denies the President due process, such an act can not be characterized as being part of an official impeachment process and can only be characterized as election tampering. Winning Fair and Square In 1992 Clinton beat Bush by a bigger margin than Reagan beat Carter in 1980. In 1996 Clinton beat Dole by a bigger margin yet. Clinton won the election. Get used to it. Here in America we have elections where the people vote and choose who the president will be. The people chose Clinton twice. Republicans can't seem to respect the will of the voters.

The right wing thinks that it's OK to try to harrass the President and attack him personally through right wing publications like The Washington Times and to abuse the special prosecutor and create a witch hunt. What ever happened to democracy in this country. If we Republicans want to win the presidency, maybe we should field a good candidate and write a good platform, accomplish something, and run on the strength of our ticket. When the Republican party has to stoop to dirty politics to win an election, we are admitting through conduct that we can't win an election based on the merits of our candidates and our positions. The Moonies Control the Republican Party What really disturbs me is the influence and control of the Republican Party by the Moonies. There really is a Right Wing Media Conspiracy and the Moonies are behind it. The Moonies own the Washington Times and Moon has spent over a Billion Dollars to influence the press and to buy elections of Republican candidates who will do Moon's bidding. The Moonies are a dangerous mind control cult and they have no place controlling the Republican Party. I find it very disturbing that George Bush would take $100,000 to endorse Moon's new South American newspaper and help spread the influence of the Moonie cause.

How does it make us Republicans look when our former president is selling out to the moonies? I sure as hell don't want to become a mind slave to Reverend Sun Myung Moon and I damn sure am going to stand against the moonies attempt to control the Press, the Christian Coalition, and the Republican Party. It will be a cold day in Hell before I surender control of the Republican Party to Sun Myung Moon! I look at this and ask myself, "What the Hell is going on here where the Republican Party has to go to bed with the Moonies to win elections?" I encourage all Republicans who read this to go to Moon's Website and read this for yourself! This guy thinks he is God and we're letting this brainwasher make Republican policy? Selling out to the National Rifle Association We Republicans used to be the party of law and order, but not any more. The NRA now holds the lease on our party's future. It was President Clinton who, at great personal and political costs, stood up to the gun lobby on behalf of Americans and Law enforcement, and passed the Brady Law.

I also want to thank the 1/4th of our party, including President Reagan and President Bush who stood with President Clinton to make this bill law. Bob Dole, who's soul is owned by the NRA lead a filibuster to stop this bill and was eventually defeated. Bob Dole does not have what it takes to be the leader of the free world. The NRA isn't about your constitional rights or personal freedom. They are out to help gun manufacturers sell guns. The NRA is controlled by the gun lobby. The more crime there is in America the more people who are armed, the more guns they sell. That's why President Bush resigned his membership in the NRA. I am on the side of law and order and Republicans are on the side of law and order. And it's time that we let our Republican leaders know where we stand. The Waco Issue I watched the Waco hearings and was shocked to see Republicans supporting David Koresh. This is a guy who was raping 10 year old girls and it doesn't look like we're in tune with "Family Values" to be siding with Koresh.

Granted that the FBI screwed up, but Koresh was the one who set the building on fire and murdered those 80 people. And we Republicans should not be siding with those who rape and murder because the NRA gives Republicans money to do so. Dirty Politics Ross Perot is right when he criticizes the Republican party for dirty politics. We are the ones who are the leaders in dirt. We set the standard. Our party nominee, Bob Dole is the undisputed leader of election fraud having paid a record $100,000 fine for cheating in the 1988 elections . Now Bob Dole is again caught in a money laundering scheme with a sporting good company. Are we to be known as the party that has to cheat to win? Is that the image that Republicans want to identify with? Not the way I see it. It's the Economy Stupid All Republicans say they are against deficit spending. Talk is cheap. When President Reagan took office the national debt was 1 trillion dollars. After 12 years of Republican rule the debt grew to 4 trillion and the deficit kept rising in spite of "Read my Lips" tax hikes. The economy was in a triple dip recession.

Then came President Clinton who turned the economy around, cut the deficit in half, created jobs, and cut government. Government grew under Reagan and Bush. It shrank under Clinton. The results speak for themselves. Now we have a Congress who can't even pass a budget that Republicans can agree on let alone one that would actually work. And Republicans are taking credit for talking about balancing the budget? OK, Republicans talk about it more, but look who's actually doing something about it. Talk is cheap. You're not going to get a balanced budget by giving a big tax cut to the rich. I'm just tired of hearing Republicans talk about the debt that we are going to leave "our children and our grandchildren" while they continue to gut education, head start, Medicaid, and funding for college loans. It's just bullshit! It's just a slogan. You people don't give a damn about anything but a tax cut for the rich, who don't need it. I'd like to have a tax cut someday too, but lets balance the budget first. You can't do both. Read my Lips II Bob Dole uesd to tell this joke.

The good news is a bus load of supply siders went over a cliff, the bad news is that three seats were empty. Over the years Bob Dole used to ridicule the kind of person he's become. So what caused Bob Dole to change his mind to now endorse huge tax cuts for the rich? Unlike what the media will tell you but obvious to anyone who thinks about it, Bob Dole didn't change his mind. Bob Dole is lying to you! This is the kind of "Read my Lips" lie that is so obvious that it insults the intelligence of voters and makes the Republican party look like a bunch of stupid liars. If anyone actually thinks that they really are going to get a 15% tax cut if Dole becomes president, well, I have some swamp land in Kansas I want to sell you. The Republican Party doesn't really care about Abortion There are a lot of Republican Party posers who say they're pro-life who really aren't. They make a big deal about "partial birth abortions" yet pass up opportunities to actually do something about it. President Clinton has said he would pass a ban on partial birth abortions if it had an exception for the life and health of the mother.

That way a woman who is in a car accident can get an abortion if she and the baby are seriously injured, but she might not actually die from it. Clinton signed a law like that when he was governor of Arkansas. You think the Republican Party actually cares about life? Ha! Ha! Ha! But do these so called pro life Republicans go for it? Of course not. If they gave Clinton a bill like that he would sign it and the Republicans would lose a political weapon. The Republicans want to make sure they send him abortion bills they know he won't sign so that they can point their crooked little fingers at him and pose as being morally superior. Anyone who thinks the Republican party gives a damn about life -- well, I have a Christian amusement park to sell ya. What Party owns what Issues Republican leaders are yelling, Bill Clinton is stealing our issues! Well what does that mean and what makes an issue a Republican issue? First of all, what's so bad about that? If Clinton does the right thing for America, who cares who's issue it is. On any issue that Clinton passed with the help of Republicans, Clinton is always gracious enough to share the glory with all who helped them.

He will always say that the Republicans deserve credit for helping to do what's right and he encourages them to do more things right and share the credit in the future. Why can't the Republicans thank President Clinton for doing the right thing rather than being petty and childish about it? Republicans have talked for years about the issues that Clinton is accomplishing. So who owns the issue, the party that talks about it, or the party that makes it happen. I give credit to the party that makes it happen. The Republican Party needs to wake up to reality and realize that there are a lot of Americans like myself that base their decisions on what politicians do, and not what politicians say. And it's time for the Republicans to do something usefull and quite whining about who gets the credit. Lots of Republicans are with me There have been many Republican defections lately. William Krystol and Bill Bennet are saying Bob Dole is going to lose and are concerned that Bob Dole will suck the party down with him. The Republican mayor of New York is about to endorse Clinton for President. Quite frankly, I hope Dole does suck the party down with him. The Republicans have been bad boys and need to be punished.

I think a good pruning back might wake the party up and give up being extremist radicals and get back to traditional Republican Values. The kind of party that would make Abaraham Lincoln proud. If we vote for Republicans we're going to lose the Republican Party to Newt Grigrich, Rush Limbaugh, Ralph Reed, Olie North, and Jerry Falwell. And to me, these people do not represent what I call the Republican Party. Bob Dole can not beat Bill Clinton. We should clean up the Republican Party this year so that we can come back stronger in the future and win elections when we have earned the trust and respect of the American people.

Question: Who did Bill Clinton beat when he stood for president first time round (1992)?
Answer: George Bush